Admitted
1980, Virginia, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, Maryland
Law School
Catholic University of America, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Hamilton College, B.A., 1977
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar (Chairman, Injury to Persons and Property Section, 1988-1989); Bar Association of the District of Columbia; Washington Bar Association; Virginia, Maryland State and American (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Conference, 1980); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1994—); The Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (Member, Board of Governors, 1985—; Vice President, 1990; President-Elect, 1991; President, 1992); Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Biographical
Member, Catholic University Law Journal, 1979-1980. Master of the Bench, Thurgood Marshall Inn of Court, 1989—. Named Washington, D.C. Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1993. Selected as one of the Top Attorneys in Washington, D.C., Washington Magazine, April 2002. Author: High Speed Pursuit, Trial Magazine, December, 1985. Adjunct Faculty, Catholic University Law School, 1985-1987, 1991-1999. Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Programs in Professional Negligence, District of Columbia Bar, 1986—. Delegate, Judicial Conference for the D.C. Circuit, 1991-1992. Mediator, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Alternate Dispute Resolution Program. Mediator and Arbitrator, Superior Court for the District of Columbia Alternate Dispute Resolution Program. Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy)